[Puppet 2nd class] Mahmoud Abbas’ government in the West Bank is getting tougher with critics, interrogating, prosecuting and even jailing several journalists and bloggers in recent months for allegedly “defaming” the Western-backed [World Tyrant/NATO-backed] Palestinian leader.

Rights activists say the legal hassles are meant to silence dissent and that the campaign is intensifying despite promises to the contrary by Abbas. Targets of the crackdown include supporters of Abbas’ political rival –the Islamic militant [group] Hamas– and political independents who have written about alleged nepotism and abuse of power in Abbas’ Palestinian Authority.

Abbas’ foreign backers [The World Tyrant/NATO], who view him as key to delivering any future peace deal with Israel and maintaining quiet in the West Bank, have said little in public about the issue.

Instead, during a visit to the West Bank in late March, [World Tyrant] President Barack Obama showered Abbas and his security forces with praise for their efforts to prevent militant attacks on [puppet] Israel.

Described as a “national march of protest” pushing for greater freedoms and rights, the few thousand demonstrators…were *smaller in number* than past anti-government demonstrations by this North African nation’s labor[-faker] movement.

Chanting, the “people want the fall of the government” and calling for the departure of Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane, the activists marched through the colonial-era streets of downtown Rabat in a light rain.

Despite some reforms following the 2011 Arab Spring demonstrations, *true power* in Morocco lies with the monarchy and those close to it [its military, for instance].

Al-Jazeera Staff Expelled from Palestinian March in Protest of Blood-stained Coverage of Syria File

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The Palestinians expressed rejection of al-Jazeera covering Land Day, annually celebrated by Palestinians to emphasize their full right in the occupied Palestinian territories, objecting to the channel’s lack of integrity and objectivity in its coverage of the Syrian crisis.

Addressing the al-Jazeera staff, they chanted “Out, Out…the Syrian Land is Free,” the thing which forced them to leave the march at once.

This is not the first time that al-Jazeera staffs have been expelled by angered protestors, as Tunisians repelled al-Jazeera Mubashar (Live) staff two weeks ago during an attempt to cover a protest

Land Day…March 30, is an annual day of commemoration for Palestinians of the events of that date in 1976.

In response to the [puppet] Israli government’s announcement of a plan to expropriate thousands of dunams of land for security and settlement purposes, a general strike and marches were organized in Arab towns from the Galilee to the Negev.

In the ensuing confrontations with the [puppet] Israeli army and police, six Arab citizens were killed, about one hundred were wounded, and hundreds of others arrested.

As many as 5 foreign invaders were killed and 3 others seriously wounded on Saturday at 07:00 pm local time when Mujahideen [troops of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan] detonated an explosives- charged compound after the enemy entered it in Wacha Neicha Karez area of Zamindawar region, Kajaki district, during a raid.

Officials say that the enemy later fled the area and took their casualties

however Mujahideen later recovered a pair of night vision goggles while enemy uniform pieces are still at [the] site.